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Survey
1000
Survey
1000 is the most comprehensive research project on U.K.
unmarried mothers 1950 - 1975 ever conducted.
1000
former unmarried mothers from a wide variety of backgrounds
were interviewed and the results are extremely disturbing.
The treatment of unmarried mothers in this 25 year period
has been clearly established for the first time.
A
summary of the survey shows that:
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Of 1000 former unmarried mothers interviewed, 981 staying
in a Church run Unmarried Mothers Home.

» Only 0.3% of unmarried mothers informed of their rights,
entitlements and the alternative to adoption
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97.9% of unmarried mothers were forced or pressured to surrender
their babies for adoption.

» 89% of unmarried mothers were not given a post-natal examination.
» 35.3% of unmarried mothers suffered secondary infertility

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